Am 14.11.21 um 14:59 schrieb Phil Perry: > On 14/11/2021 13:08, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: >> Hey, >> >> i wonder if its possible to use dnf and dictate it to not install >> packages that are younger then $((today - 7 )) for example. >> If not directly possible, any other ways to accomplishing it? >> Sure, building repos with snapshots would work here but I am >> looking for additional ways ... >> > > A couple ideas: > > 1. You could run weekly from a scrpt: > > yum --assumeno update > > which will create the transaction (but not install it) and save it to > /tmp/ and then rerun that transaction week later: > > yum --assumeyes load-transaction > /tmp/yum_save_tx.2021-11-14.13-54.FhQii3.yumtx That's an interesting approach. Not sure if this is still valid for EL8? Some tests doesn't show any transaction artifact. Maybe I need to dive deeper ... > 2. Write a yum plugin to mask packages from the transaction sack that > are less than 7 days old. How are your python skills? That seems to be the cleanest solution. Lets see if I find time for that. A quick look into repodata xml files shows that the build time is also there exposed ... Thanks, Leon